Amazon.com's one-click ordering system, Priceline.com's "name-your-price" business model and Netflix's method for allowing customers to set up a rental list of movies they want mailed to them are examples of:
A) copyright extension patents
B) utility patents
C) business process protection patents
D) trademark extension patents
E) business method patents

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These examples are all related to business methods or processes, which are protected under business method patents. Business method patents are a type of utility patent that covers unique methods of conducting business.

AmazonCom's One-Click Ordering System, Priceline